Ivory Coast Open

Ivory Coast Open
Tournament information
Location Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Established 1980
Course(s) Ivoire Golf Club
President Golf Club
Par 72
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund €70,000[1]
Final year 1999
Final champion
England Ian Poulter

The Ivory Coast Open or Open de Côte d'Ivoire was a golf tournament in the Ivory Coast. It was an event on the European-based Challenge Tour schedule 1991–1992 and 1996–1999. It was founded in 1980, and has been held at President Golf Club, Yamoussoukro and Ivoire Golf Club, Abidjan.[2]

The title has been won by some of the world's top golfers, including Vijay Singh, Ian Poulter, and Gary Player. The most successful player is England's Gordon J. Brand, who recorded three victories between 1981 and 1988.[1]

The Ivorian Golf Federation in 2014 announced it was looking into resurrecting the tournament after a 15 year hiatus.[3]

Winners

This list of winners is incomplete.[4]
YearVenueWinnerScore
Open de Cote d'Ivoire
1999 Ivoire Golf Club England Ian Poulter 284 (-4)
1998 Ivoire Golf Club England John Mellor 281 (-7)
1997 President Golf Club Denmark Knud Storgaard 274PO
1996 Ivoire Golf Club Italy Massimo Florioli 284
1995
1994
1993
Ivory Coast Open
1992 President Golf Club France Michel Besanceney 279PO
1991 President Golf Club Wales David Llewellyn
1990
1989 President Golf Club Fiji Vijay Singh
1988 President Golf Club England Gordon J. Brand
1987 President Golf Club France Jean Garaïalde
1986 President Golf Club England Gordon J. Brand
1985 President Golf Club Wales David Llewellyn
1984 President Golf Club Scotland Bill McColl
1983 President Golf Club Scotland Bill Longmuir
1982 President Golf Club England John Morgan
1981 President Golf Club England Gordon J. Brand
1980 President Golf Club South Africa Gary Player

PA Storgaard won the playoff against Anssi Kankkonen in 1997.

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